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In the Soviet Union the attorney’s role is often played by the judge, who not only reserves time to hear citizens’ legal complaints and also prepares their cases should the claims be valid.


(A) and also prepares their cases should the claims be
(B) but also does the preparation of their cases if the claims should be
(C) and their cases are prepared if the claims are
(D) but also prepares their cases if the claims are
(E) and prepares their cases if the claims are
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Originally posted by 780gmatpossible on 24 Aug 2018, 12:28.
Last edited by BillyZ on 19 May 2019, 05:55, edited 3 times in total.
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Re: In the Soviet Union the attorney’s role is often played by the judge, [#permalink] New post   26 Aug 2018, 10:06
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'not only...but also' idiom will be used
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Re: In the Soviet Union the attorney’s role is often played by the judge, [#permalink] New post   27 Aug 2018, 11:31
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IMO- D
Precise and clear, intended meaning


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WIth (D) as well

Not Only X , but also Y is correct Idiomatic usage....
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Re: In the Soviet Union the attorney’s role is often played by the judge, [#permalink] New post   27 Aug 2018, 12:31
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In the Soviet Union the attorney’s role is often played by the judge, who not only reserves time to hear citizens’ legal complaints and also prepares their cases should the claims be valid.


(A) and also prepares their cases should the claims be
(B) but also does the preparation of their cases if the claims should be
(C) and their cases are prepared if the claims are
(D) but also prepares their cases if the claims are
(E) and prepares their cases if the claims are
Not only but also..
Eliminate A, C, E

If clause is never followed by should/ would /could . Eliminate D

Answer is B

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Re: In the Soviet Union the attorney’s role is often played by the judge, [#permalink] New post   03 Jul 2020, 20:38
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Answer is D.. Not only - but also pair and short and precise..
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Re: In the Soviet Union the attorney’s role is often played by the judge, [#permalink] New post   04 Jul 2020, 00:17
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the solution isnt a problem ..
but their is a plural pronoun hence needs a plural non possessive antecedent..
Hence there is nothing for "their" to refer to..
"CITIZENS' LEGAL COMPLAINTS " I believe is possessive right?
We do not have Citizens in the sentence!
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Re: In the Soviet Union the attorney’s role is often played by the judge, [#permalink] New post   24 Aug 2018, 18:19
Of the given choices D best choice.

Ans D

However, antecedent for pronoun " their" is ambiguous.

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Re: In the Soviet Union the attorney’s role is often played by the judge, [#permalink] New post   15 Jul 2019, 06:24
hi.
could someone tell why " their" is ambiguous in D and B ?????? both are ambiguous and it is not clear "their" is logically refer to !!!!!! although is official question hashtag !!
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Re: In the Soviet Union the attorney’s role is often played by the judge, [#permalink] New post   22 May 2020, 00:16
780gmatpossible wrote:
In the Soviet Union the attorney’s role is often played by the judge, who not only reserves time to hear citizens’ legal complaints and also prepares their cases should the claims be valid.


(A) and also prepares their cases should the claims be
(B) but also does the preparation of their cases if the claims should be
(C) and their cases are prepared if the claims are
(D) but also prepares their cases if the claims are
(E) and prepares their cases if the claims are


I couldn't understand what "THEIR" is referring in option D.
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Re: In the Soviet Union the attorney’s role is often played by the judge, [#permalink] New post   22 May 2020, 02:41
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I couldn't understand what "THEIR" is referring in option D.

Hi, their is referring to citizens'.
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Re: In the Soviet Union the attorney’s role is often played by the judge, [#permalink] New post   03 Jul 2020, 12:30
Other than the "not only... but also" many people have already mentioned under the problem, there is something else wrong with B.

Let's look at an example first:

Should anyone call, please take a message.

--> means: if anyone should call, please take a message.

In the original problem, it is unidiomatic to say "should the claims be valid", and B successfully corrects it! In addition, here, the "should" means demanding and requires conditional clauses after it (same as "require", "mandate", "insist", "demand", etc.). However, the original sentence didn't mean to be demanding! Therefore, "should" cannot be used here. Instead, we should use present tense.
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Re: In the Soviet Union the attorney’s role is often played by the judge, [#permalink] New post   24 Nov 2021, 03:15
sumit411 wrote:
780gmatpossible wrote:
In the Soviet Union the attorney’s role is often played by the judge, who not only reserves time to hear citizens’ legal complaints and also prepares their cases should the claims be valid.


(A) and also prepares their cases should the claims be
(B) but also does the preparation of their cases if the claims should be
(C) and their cases are prepared if the claims are
(D) but also prepares their cases if the claims are
(E) and prepares their cases if the claims are
Not only but also..
Eliminate A, C, E

If clause is never followed by should/ would /could . Eliminate D

Answer is B

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Could you please explain why IF cannot be followed by should/could/would?

Is this wrong?
- If you left earlier, you would have arrived on time.
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